Real Wrexhamcelery - Gameweek 13 - Lack of choices

With Scott Sinclair still injured, and Anelka showing his age, and Carlton Cole showing nothing at all, there are no real decisions to make. Unless I swap Joe Allen for Victor Moses. Allen is certainly getting the nod at Liverpool at the moment while Moses is benched. But Brendan Rodgers does not pick consistently.

Meanwhile, the defence is in tatters. Huth and the interloper Baines are long term injuries. This means that the interloper Evra is sure to feature. Johnson will too but Taylor is not starting for Swansea.

So should I bring in Allen and drop Moses. And which midfielder will be on the bench. One of the Fulham ones. Sidwell seems to be on the bench now, so he will be on my bench.

And what the heck, I'll gamble on Allen. He will be keen to make amends for his big miss last week.

Sturridge stays as captain.

The Winning Strategy - Gameweek 13 - Decisions, decisions, decisions

The biggest decision of the season so far is whether or not to keep Leighton Baines whose return date from having his toe stamped on is unknown. I have decided that if he is missing until the new year then he has to go. I have enough cash to be able to buy him back then. I have replaced him with his Everton team mate Seamus Coleman who looks a bargain at £5.5m.

The next decision is who to leave on the bench. With Spurs and Southampton playing Man U and Chelsea respectively, I'm keeping 3 at the back and leaving Walker and Shaw out as they will probably concede. In midfield I have swapped out Janusaj as Man U are playing Spurs and put in Morrison as West Ham are playing Fulham.

The front three remain on the pitch after last weeks 5 goals between them.

Captain is Zabeleta as Man C are at home and playing Swansea.

Gameweek 12 is almost average for Real Wrexhamcelery

50 points against an average of 55 means a further drop from 1,561,190 to 1,618,017 overall. This despite 2 goals from Lukaku, 1 from captain Sturridge and a surprising 1 from Parker. Huth chipped in with a clean sheet but everyone else was disappointing.

Gameweek 12 was a much better week for The Winning Strategy

A much better week. 77 points against an average of 55. Moved up from 443980 to 308267 overall. Immense strides.

5 goals from my 3 forwards Lukaku, Sturridge and Giroud, another from Oscar in midfield, and 3 clean sheets Zabaleta, Szczesny and captain Ivanovic.

Disappointing from Janusaj, Ramsey, Barclay and Baines, although how neither Barclay or Baines didn't get an assist for Mirallas' goal for Everton is beyond me.

Baines is a worry because he did not complete the game and is now showing as injured. Whether or not he is replaced depends on the extent of his injury. If it is short term there is no point in selling him because I'd probably want to buy him back when he is fit and that will lose me money. If it is long term then that is another decision.

The Winning Strategy Gameweek 12

No transfers this week. Ivanovic given a reprieve and in fact, given the nature of the opposition for the entire squad, I've made him captain.

Shaw (versus Arsenal)and Walker (versus Man City) drop to the bench for a 3-4-3 formation.

The other sub is Morrison (versus Chelsea). So Janusaj and Barclay go into the XI.

No hopeful this week.

Real Wrexhamcelery Gameweek 12

No changes to the squad. Anelka and Sinclair both flagged as injured.

Moses has not been starting for Liverpool so he is benched in favour of Parker. Sturridge is captain although I was tempted by Huth.

Gameweek 11 is a good week for Real Wrexhamcelery

39 points compared with the weekly average of 29.

Major contributions from Johnson, Walters and the interloper Baines, Little else.

The Winning Strategy somehow came out above average in Gameweek 11

Somehow the 33 points amassed this week was above the weekly average of 29. This was entirely due to my captain Leighton Baines who contributed 16. No one else got more than 2.

And I missed out on a decent score from Ravel Morrison who was on the bench.

Awful!

Real Wrexhamcelery for Gameweek 11

One transfer. Borini returns in place of the doubtful Anelka. But Sunderland are playing Man City so I don't have high hopes. Options to change the midfield are limited by Scott Sinclair's continuing injury so it remains the same. Parker is the odd man out and stays on the bench.

The Winning Strategy for Gameweek 11

This week the choices, apart from bringing back Szczesny for the suspended Vorm, have been the most difficult so far. No transfers as I am happy with my squad overall. Until Sunday evening that is.

Looking at who the defenders are playing against, I decided to leave all 5 in. I thought long and hard about dropping Shaw to the bench (Southampton are playing Hull who are playing very well) but decided in the end that the meanest defence in the league would stay mean. Baines is captain as Everton are playing Palace.

In attack I seriously thought about dropping Giroud as Arsenal are playing Man U, but Man U are not as tough as they used to be and so I have kept all 3 strikers on the pitch.

That means only 2 midfield slots which go to Oscar (although he is fading a bit) and Ramsey. The bench is therefore Barclay, Morrison and Janusaj in that order.

Things can only get better.

Real Wrexhamcelery Gameweek 10 Squad limitations starting to show

Just 19 points against an average of 52, and that only through a clean sheet for Baines who came in because of Johnson's illness. No one else scored more than 2 points. I was lucky to get away with just zero for Ruddy, seeing as how he conceded 7.

Dropped from 850,033 to 1,460,967 overall. The only bright spot is that it is still better than Gameweek 1.

I can only pray for some better players to become available in January. Demba Ba will surely leave Chelsea, but will he stay in the Premiership? Will Ryan Bertrand be loaned out?

I must wait and see.

The Winning Strategy Gameweek 10 What a Nightmare

Everything went wrong. But mostly my decision to drop Szczesny, who got a clean sheet and bonus points, because I thought Liverpool would score, and replace him with Vorm, who got sent off, because I didn't think Cardiff would score against Swansea. A loss of 7 points.

My 3 strikers got only 5 points between them.

My newly signed Southampton defender, Shaw, failed to get a clean sheet because of the freak Stoke goal.

High points were clean sheets for captain Zabeleta, Walker and Baines, and a goal from Ramsey.

Overall just 41 points against an average of 52. It's not going well. Dropped from 131, 941 to 268,662 overall. Easily the worst position of the year so far.

The only way is up. Surely!

Real Wrexhamcelery for Gameweek 10

Resisted the temptation to bring in Borini for Anelka purely because WBA are playing Palace and Anelka might finally score. His days may be numbered however if Sunderland and Borini pick up some form.

Scott Sinclair is still not fit otherwise he would have come in for Parker.

Parker drops to the bench as Fulham are playing Man U. He is replaced by Walters.

As captain I have Neil Taylor (Swansea are playing Cardiff) which reveals a lack of faith in my attacking options. Huth is vice captain (Stoke v Southampton).

The Winning Strategy for Gameweek 10

Some radical choices this week. Out goes Vidic even though Man U are playing at Fulham. In comes Shaw of Southampton. He goes straight into a back 5 where Zabaleta is captain as Man C play Norwich.

The 3 strikers, Lukaku, Sturridge and Giroud all play despite their tough opposition (Everton play Spurs while Liverpool and Arsenal play eachother).

Ramsey and Oscar are the only 2 midfielders. Morrison, Barclay and Janusaj are on the bench.

The other big decision is to move Szczesny to the bench fearing that Arsenal will concede to Liverpool. Vorm comes in. Swansea are playing Cardiff.